{"id":309619,"date":"2025-03-14T15:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T15:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:44:37","slug":"msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"MSF warns of &#8216;rapidly spreading&#8217; outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/799\/79970926.295.jpg\" alt=\"Several regions of Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, are battling cholera outbreaks\" title=\"Several regions of Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation, are battling cholera outbreaks\" width=\"295\" height=\"194\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Several regions of Ethiopia, Africa&#8217;s second-most populous nation, are battling cholera outbreaks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">At least 31 people have died from a \u201crapidly spreading\u201d cholera outbreak that has sickened more than 1,500 people in Ethiopia\u2018s Gambella region over the past month, according to Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF.<\/p>\n<p>The international medical charity said on Friday that the situation has worsened with the arrival of people fleeing violence in neighbouring South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCholera is rapidly spreading across western Ethiopia and in parallel, the outbreak in South Sudan is ongoing, endangering thousands of lives,\u201d MSF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Several regions of Ethiopia, Africa\u2019s second-most populous nation with about 120 million people, are battling cholera outbreaks, with Amhara \u2013 its second-largest region \u2013 among the hardest hit.<\/p>\n<p>Cholera is an acute intestinal infection spread through food and water contaminated with the vibrio cholerae bacterium, often of faecal origin.<\/p>\n<p><b>South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In South Sudan\u2019s Akobo County, located in the Upper Nile region, 1,300 cholera cases have been reported in the past four weeks, according to MSF. It said recent violence around the Upper Nile between the South Sudanese government and armed groups is \u201cworsening the outbreak\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThousands are being displaced, losing access to healthcare, safe water, and sanitation,\u201d MSF said.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan, the world\u2019s youngest nation and still hit by chronic instability and poverty, declared a cholera epidemic in October last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Ethiopia, we are treating patients, providing clean water, and raising awareness about the disease. In South Sudan, we are delivering lifesaving care,\u201d MSF reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn urgent support to health facilities, provision of safe water and cholera vaccination campaign is needed in the affected areas to stop the spread of the disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Preventable disease<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organization, about 4,000 people have died from the \u201cpreventable and easily treatable disease\u201d in 2023, up 71 percent from the previous year, mostly in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The threat of the spread of cholera in Ethiopia is further complicated by the brewing tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which observers said could result in an armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The warnings stem from new instability in northern Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region, where a civil war from 2020-2022 killed hundreds of thousands of people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several regions of Ethiopia, Africa&#8217;s second-most populous nation, are battling cholera outbreaks At least 31 people have died from a \u201crapidly spreading\u201d cholera outbreak that has sickened more than 1,500 people in Ethiopia\u2018s Gambella region over the past month, according to Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF. The international medical charity said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":309620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MSF warns of &#039;rapidly spreading&#039; outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MSF warns of &#039;rapidly spreading&#039; outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several regions of Ethiopia, Africa&#8217;s second-most populous nation, are battling cholera outbreaks At least 31 people have died from a \u201crapidly spreading\u201d cholera outbreak that has sickened more than 1,500 people in Ethiopia\u2018s Gambella region over the past month, according to Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF. The international medical charity said [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-14T15:44:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/79970926.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6\"},\"headline\":\"MSF warns of &#8216;rapidly spreading&#8217; outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-14T15:44:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":375,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/79970926.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Africa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/\",\"name\":\"MSF warns of 'rapidly spreading' outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/79970926.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-14T15:44:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/79970926.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/79970926.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":394},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/14\\\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MSF warns of &#8216;rapidly spreading&#8217; outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2025\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MSF warns of 'rapidly spreading' outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MSF warns of 'rapidly spreading' outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Several regions of Ethiopia, Africa&#8217;s second-most populous nation, are battling cholera outbreaks At least 31 people have died from a \u201crapidly spreading\u201d cholera outbreak that has sickened more than 1,500 people in Ethiopia\u2018s Gambella region over the past month, according to Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF. The international medical charity said [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2025-03-14T15:44:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":394,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/79970926.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#\/schema\/person\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6"},"headline":"MSF warns of &#8216;rapidly spreading&#8217; outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia","datePublished":"2025-03-14T15:44:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/"},"wordCount":375,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/79970926.jpg","articleSection":["Africa"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/","name":"MSF warns of 'rapidly spreading' outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/79970926.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-14T15:44:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#\/schema\/person\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/79970926.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/79970926.jpg","width":600,"height":394},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/03\/14\/msf-warns-of-rapidly-spreading-outbreak-as-cholera-kills-31-in-ethiopia\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MSF warns of &#8216;rapidly spreading&#8217; outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/#\/schema\/person\/19f97c9b96bb4eec1ec652714cfea7e6","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}